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Clothing and shoe stores in Rockingham County, VA
How Rockingham County, VA compares with other counties and the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 89 out of 100: High
Ranked #30 of 2,087 scored counties
#6 of 80 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 16
- 1 chain location (6%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $62.7M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,917 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.9M
- 3.1 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.9
- 70% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 89,316
- +6.6% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for clothing and shoe stores in Rockingham County is 89 (high), #30 of 2,087 scored counties and #6 of 80 scored counties in Virginia. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for clothing and shoe stores.
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Rockingham County comes to about $62.7M a year: $1,917 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. That is about $3.9M of household spending for each store on map listings, 3.1 times the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only clothing and shoe stores.
There are 16 clothing and shoe stores on map listings in Rockingham County as of September 2026. One of them (6%) is a chain location, against 44% across the U.S. That comes to 4.9 for every 10,000 households, 70% below the U.S. rate of 16.2.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in Rockingham County was 5 in 2023. That is one for every 6,537 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $150K has gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in Rockingham County. Population estimates show Rockingham County grew 6.6% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Rockingham County compares
The same measures for Virginia and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all clothing, shoes and related services by the clothing and shoe stores counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Rockingham County | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.9 | 13.6 | 16.2 |
| Spending per listing | $3.9M | $1.6M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 6,537 | 1,380 | 1,273 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −14.1% | −12.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.6% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,917 | $2,176 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $80,693 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 89 | 71 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 5
- Employees, 2023
- 13
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $281K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 42Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 161 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 49The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $150K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in Rockingham County, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in Rockingham County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 89,316+6.6% since 2020
- Households
- 32,686
- Median age
- 40.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 850 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 101
- Median household income
- $80,693+30.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $105,531
- Median home value
- $313,000
- Jobs located here
- 32,108
- Daytime population
- 73,949Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Virginia market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Virginia for clothing and shoe stores, numbered among those based in Virginia, with Rockingham County marked.
Top counties in Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Stafford County, VA | 97 | 19 | 3.6 | $7.2M | +8.3% | #1 of 2,087 |
| 2Frederick County, VA | 94 | 9 | 2.5 | $8.5M | +8.8% | #3 of 2,087 |
| 3Orange County, VA | 94 | 6 | 4.0 | $5.2M | +10.1% | #4 of 2,087 |
| 4Fauquier County, VA | 91 | 17 | 6.4 | $4M | +4.8% | #18 of 2,087 |
| 5Hanover County, VA | 91 | 26 | 6.1 | $3.8M | +5.6% | #21 of 2,087 |
| 6Rockingham County, VA | 89 | 16 | 4.9 | $3.9M | +6.6% | #30 of 2,087 |
| 7Falls Church city, VA | 89 | 5 | 8.0 | $3.5M | +3.3% | #31 of 2,087 |
| 8Suffolk city, VA | 88 | 25 | 6.6 | $3.1M | +10.4% | #42 of 2,087 |
| 9York County, VA | 86 | 19 | 7.0 | $3.3M | +1.6% | #63 of 2,087 |
| 10Greene County, VA | 86 | 6 | 7.5 | $2.8M | +6.6% | #65 of 2,087 |
Other business types in Rockingham County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
- Clothing, shoes and laundry90
- Clothing and shoe stores89
- Laundromats
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing and shoe stores are in Rockingham County, VA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 16 clothing and shoe stores in Rockingham County. One of them (6%) is a chain location. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in 2023. Official counts list 42 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Rockingham County, VA spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $62.7M a year, or $1,917 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $3.9M per store. That spending covers all clothing, shoes and related services, which clothing and shoe stores share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 32,686 households in Rockingham County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Rockingham County, VA compare with the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores?
Rockingham County has 4.9 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 70% below the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $3.9M, 3.1 times the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, Rockingham County would have about 49, against 16 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,537 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S.
How fast is Rockingham County, VA growing?
Population estimates put Rockingham County at 89,316 people in 2025, up 6.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 32,686 households. Median household income in Rockingham County is $80,693, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.4%, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. Rockingham County scores 89 for clothing and shoe stores (high), #30 of 2,087 scored counties.
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